Check carrying and depositing device



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CHECK CARRYING AND DEKOSITING DEVICE Filed June 4, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwwntow Patented Apr. 6,

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STEPHEN C. CASTEEL AND OSCAR V]. E. BROOGKMANN, OF POINT MARION;

' PENNSYLVANIA.

. CHECK CARRYING AND DEPOSITING DEVICE.

' Application filed June 4, 1925. Serial No. 34,952.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, STEPHEN C. GASTEEL and OSCAR W. E. BROOOKMANN, both citizens of the United States, residing at Point Marion, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Check Carrying and Depositing Device, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a check carrying and depositing device whereby an accurate account may be kept of a miner, and the like. A

The present system of handling the employees check, which is the only means of identification of thematerial in the min-es, is substantially as follows lVhen the miner enters the mine at the start of the days work, he is given several checks. After he has loaded a car with material one ofthese checks is attached to the car by driving a nail in the side of the car and hanging the check thereon. When the car reaches the point of unloading the check is lifted from the nail, and the number thereof recorded, thereby crediting the miner with his labor in producing the contents of the car.

In the majority of mines the point of un loading is from one to three miles from the point of loading. Therefore, it is obvious that a check hanging on a nail is subject to loss or theft in transit. The purpose of the check carrying and depositing device in ac- 'cordance' with our invention is to positively prevent the loss or theft of a check in transit.

While the use of this device is of particular value to coal mining companies, its use is not confined thereto, and it can be applied profitably to ore mines, stone quarries, etc., where it is desired to determine the production of individual employees, and where the dumping of materials from the cars to hoppers is accomplished by the use of a rotary dump.' The rotary dump referred to is a standard piece of equipment, used by many mining companies to expedite the dumping of cars, the cars being fed to the rotary dump by gravity. After the cars are on the dump, they are caused to make one complete revolution whereby the material falls from the car rapidly and completely. I

The check referred to is a token, in the form of a disc usually'about one-sixteenth of an inch thick and one and three-eighths inches in diameter, with a number stamped thereon, used as a means of identification of material.

Some of the advantages in using our improved check carrying and depositing device, are, namely: Firstly, it insures the crediting of production to the proper individual as it is impossible to remove the check from the device, other than by causing the car to which it is attached, to make one complete revolution; secondly, it is impossible to in sert a second check in the dump device until the car has been emptied by the rotary dump; thirdly, by its use, controversy'between employees over identity of material is eliminated; fourthly, it saves time at the point of loading as it is also necessary to search for a nail to attach the check to the car; fifthly, it saves time at the point of dumping as the check will automatically drop from the device when the car is causet to make one complete revolution; sixthly, by its use the loss of a check in transit is practically impossible, and seventhly, it insures positive movement of the check simultaneously with the contents of the car to the weighing and recording device.

A still further very important object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature which is exceedingly simple'in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture and install, eflicient and reliable inoperation, strong, durable, not likely to easily become out of order, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other obj ects in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an end elevation, rather diagrammatically, showing a car in a rotary dump of conventional construction with our improved device associated therewith.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the improved device showing the front wall re moved.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the device showing the upper portion in vertical section.

Figure a is a detail section taken substantially on the line l-l of Figure 2 looking downwardly, and

Figure 5 is a similar section showing the check actuated member in an inward position.

Referring to the drawings in detail, and particularly Figure 1 it will be seen that A designates a rotary dumping mechanism for receiving cars B. Our improved device is shown on the car at C.

The construction of the device C may be understood by reference particularly' to Figures 2 and 5. The casing 1 is provided with circuitous checl; guide 2. The front wall of the casing is provided with a slot 3 through which the check is inserted. A chec; actuated member in the form of a plate 1 is slidable through the slot The inner end of the plate 1 is provided with a flange forming an abutment as at An extension 6 is disposed laterally from the plate i in an opposite direction from the abutment 5 and is preferably formed integral with an intermediate portion of the plate. This extension is disposed within the casing and terminates in a plunger element 7 disposed at an acute angle thereto. A housing 8 is built into the casing and receives the interior portions of the plate 1. A block 9 is slidably mounted in the housing and is provided with a diagonally disposed groove 10 having its entrance end enlarged as at 11. A spring 12 normally holds the block 9 in the position shown in Figure 4;. A spring 13 is attached to the casing 8 and to the extension 6, and normally holds the plate a in the position shown in Figure i. A circuitous guide 14 is mounted above the housing 8, and has its ends 15 and 16 communicating with the interior of the housing at spaced intervals. A ball 17 is mounted in the guide 14: for traveling therearound in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 2. A latch 18 is pivoted at 19 in the casing, and a portion thereof normally extends through a slot 20 in the upper portion of the housing 8. A notch 21 is provided in the upper edge of the plate 1, and is normally engaged by a lug 22 provided on one face of the latch 18 at which time the end 23 of the latch is situated alongside oi the plate forwardly of the abutment 5. This lug 22 seated in the notch 21 prevents the plate 1 from being pushed inwardly.

Having described the parts in detail, it is thought that a clear understanding of the operation of the device may now be had. A check in the form of a token is inserted through the slot 3 when the car has been loaded. The coin lifts the latch 18 so as to remove the lug 22 from the notch 21, the plate and token are then moved inwardly of the casing and the housing. T he lower portion of the housing merges into the guide 2 as is evident from Figure 2 so that the token falls to the bottom portion of the guide 2. As the plate l is being pushed inwardly, the plunger T engages in the grooves 10, and slides the block S) to the position shown in Figure 5, at which time the ball 17 will fall into the upper portion of the enlarged end 11 ot the groove 10, resting on the plunger. is soon as the coin has fallen, the spring 1 previously compressed and distorted will tend to return the plate 1 to its initial position as shown in Figure l while the spring 12 will urge the block 9 to its initial position as shown in the same figure. The ball 17 will thus fall into the enlarged end 11 ot the groove 10 so as to prevent the plunger 7 from being again pushed ito the groove 10 of the block 9, and therefore it will be impossible to insert another coin into the device for the time being. \Yhen the car reaches the rotary dumping device, it is rotated in the usual manner, and thus the token will travel about the circuitous guide 2 as is indicated by the arrows in Figure 2, and simultaneously the ball 17 will travel about the circuitous guide 11 in the direction of the arrows, shown in Figure 2, so as to take its initial position. Thus, the car is now ready for the second load and the insertion of another token.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will now be clearly understood without a more detailed description thereof. The

present embodiment ol the invention however has been given by way of example and attains all the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and above description. It is apparent, however, that numerous changes in the details of construction, in the proportions and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described including a casing adapted to be rotated and provided with an entrance for a token and a circuitous path for the token, a token actuated member at the entrance of the casing means associated therewith whereby when the member is actuated by the insertion of a token it will prevent the insertion of a second token until the first token has traveled about the circuitous path.

2. In a device of the class described, a casing having a token entrance, a token actuated member at the entrance, and means associated therewith for preventing the insertion of a second token until the casing Hill has been revolved one complete revolution.

3. A device'of the class described, a casing, having a token entrance, a token actuated member associated with the entrance, and means associated with the member for preventing the entrance of a token until the casing has been moved in a predetermined manner.

4. A device of the class described including a casing having a circuitous token guide therein, and an entrance, a housing disposed betweenthe entrance and one end of the circuitous guide, a token actuated member associated with the entrance so as to be moved by the insertion of a token in the entrance, a block slidable in the housing,

means for sliding the block through the token actuated. member upon the insertion of a token in the entrance, means for returning the block to the initial position, means for returning the coin actuated member to its initial position, means for locking the block against movement to prevent movement of the coin actuated member, thereby preventing the insertion of a token until the casing has been moved in a predetermined manner to eject the first coin inserted by traveling it about the circuitous guide.

5. A device of the class describedincluding a casing having a circuitous token guide therein, and an entrance, a housing disposed between the entrance and one end of the circuitous guide, a token actuated member associated with the entrance so as to be moved by the insertion of a token in the entrance, a block slidable in the housing, means for sliding the block through the token actuated member upon the insertion of a token in the entrance, means for returning the block to its initial position, means for returning the coin actuated member to its initial position, said last mentioned means being in theform of springs, and means for locking the block against movement when returned to its initial position thereby pre venting the insertion of a second token un til the first token has been ejected from the guide by movement of the casing in a predetermined manner.

6. In a device of the class described, a casing having a token entrance, a token actuated member associated with the entrance to be moved upon the insertion of a token, a plunger angularly disposed in the member and movable thereby, a block slidably mounted in the casing and having a diagonally disposed groove with an enlarged entrance for receiving the plunger so as to be actuated thereby, means for holding the plunger and the member in predetermined positions, a circuitous guide having its ends disposed at spaced intervals in relation to the block so that the enlarged entrance of its groove will be registered with either end thereof, a ball in the circuitous guide initially resting on the block at an end of the guide out of registery with the groove so that when a token is inserted in the entrance the member is moved inwardly to slide the block to register the groove with one end of the guide so that the ball enters the enlarged entrance thereof and rests on the plunger, and when the block returns to its initial position the ball falls down in the groove upon the removal of the plunger and prevents the re-entrance of the plunger until the casing is revolved to travel the ball to the other end of the guide.

In testimony whereof we afliX our signatures.

STEPHEN O. CASTEEL. OSCAR W. E. BROOCKMANN. 

